The company's purpose is to import and export food, particularly tea and accessories, as well as trade in goods of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, acquire, manage and sell securities, futures, options and industrial property rights.